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T2 Buckeye

The North American T-2 Buckeye is the United States Navy's intermediate and advanced training aircraft, introducing trainee naval aviators to jet power, carrier operations, and armaments. Students start out on a propeller-driven aircraft, historically the T-34C Turbomentor, but now (increasingly) the T-6A Texan II. The T-2 is also in the process of being replaced by the T-45 Goshawk (the US Navy version of the BAe Hawk).

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The first version of the aircraft entered service in the mid-1950s as the T2J-1. It was redesignated the T-2A in 1962 under the joint aircraft designation system. The two-seat trainer was powered by one Westinghouse J34-WE-46/48 engine. The aircraft was subsequently redesigned, and the single engine was replaced with two Pratt & Whitney J60-P-6 engines in the T-2B. The T-2C was fitted with two General Electric J85-GE-4 engines. While it has no built-in armament, the aircraft has a number of strongpoints to carry external armament, including gun pods, rockets, and bombs.These aircraft were manufactured by at the North American Aviation plant in Columbus, Ohio.

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